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**Important:** These steps are applicable to any Windows machine that supports an NFS client.

**Prerequisites:**

*   [Create an Amazon S3 File Gateway](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/filegateway/latest/files3/create-gateway-file.html).
*   [Create an NFS file share](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/filegateway/latest/files3/create-nfs-file-share.html).

### Install the NFS client

You can either use PowerShell on your Windows machine or Server Manger to install the NFS client.

**PowerShell**

To use PowerShell to install the NFS client, complete the following steps:

1. Open PowerShell as an administrator.
2. Run the following command.
    ```plaintext
    Install-WindowsFeature NFS-Client
    ```
    

**Server Manager**

To use Server Manger with the Graphical User Interface (GUI), complete the following steps:

1. In Windows Server, open **Server Manager**. For more information, see [Server Manager](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/server-manager/server-manager#:~:text=Server%20Manager%20is%20a%20management,rdP) on the Microsoft website.
2. In the Server Manager dashboard, under **Configure this local server**, choose **Add roles and features**.
3. Choose **Next** until you reach the **Features** section.
4. For **Features**, confirm that **Client for NFS** is selected.
5. Choose **Next,** and then choose **Install**.
6. Choose **Close**.

### Mount the file share on your Windows Server

Complete the following steps:

1. On your Windows client, open the **Command Prompt** application as an administrator.
2. Enter **mount** to show the current mounts on the Windows Server. For more information, see [mount](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/mount) on the Microsoft website.
3. In the next prompt, enter the [mount command.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/filegateway/latest/files3/GettingStartedAccessFileShare.html#GettingStartedAccessFileShare)  
    The following is an example mount command:
    ```plaintext
    mount -o nolock -o mtype=hard GatewayVMIPAddress:/FileShareName WindowsDriveLetter
    ```
    **Note:** Replace **GatewayVMIPAddress**, **FileShareName**, and **WindowsDriveLetter** with the actual values for your configuration.
4. Run the **cd** command to navigate into the drive that you specified in the mount command. For more information, see [cd](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/cd) on the Microsoft website.
5. Run the **dir** command to list the files that are in the drive. Confirm that the files in the drive are the same files that are in the Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket that's associated with the file share. For more information, see [dir](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/dir) on the Microsoft website.

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